<p>Leading a successful EDI program for a retailer can result in a significant improvement in productivity, reduction in error rates and even high moral in the buyer-supplier relationship. Michael Kotoyan, co-Founder of Beacon EDI will be conducting a complimentary webinar on Wednesday, October 2nd at 1 p.m. (EST) for Retail Value Chain Federation (RVCF) members to discuss best practices of running an EDI department from the B2B, application, infrastructure and people perspective.</p><p>As co-founder of Beacon EDI, a Cloud EDI provider for small-to-medium size vendors in the retail industry, Michael Kotoyan brings over 15 years of versatile experience in EDI and vendor compliance. Six years ago he founded the EDI Academy where he provided EDI software covering fundamentals and best practices through training for over 600 companies worldwide with a curriculum that includes Supply Chain EDI, HIPAA EDI and EDIFACT. He previously served as the EDI manager for PETCO, a national retail chain with over 1000 stores where he was able to bring EDI compliance to 99% of the supply chain. Mr. Kotoyan is currently a member of the ANSI X12M Supply Chain Committee and continues to teach EDI Academy seminars.</p><p>For RVCF members who attend this webinar online, they will learn how to make their EDI departments run more successfully and more efficiently by improving productivity, reducing error rates and enhancing employee morale.</p><p>This webinar will also cover the following EDI Best Practices: Supplier On-boarding Structuring EDI Teams Excellence in Implementation Guides Strive To Own All B2B Transmissions Consolidate All EDI Components To A Single Application Think Outside The PO</p><p><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/9/prweb11161808.htm">Keep reading...</a></p>